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GASTRONETWORKS

06 — Gastro Business Solutions

We build better hospitality businesses.

Consulting. Talent. Pre-Opening. Training. For hotels, restaurants, resorts and F&B companies across Turkey, Europe and the Gulf.

Business audit

We start with the numbers, not the menu.

Almost every engagement begins the same way: revenue is holding, margin is not, and nobody can say precisely why. Two weeks on site and in the P&L produces a quantified answer and a plan with dates against it.

Gastro Audit

Typical starting position → 90 days

Food cost
38%
29%
Payroll ratio
32%
27%
Menu items
112
68
Revenue
Declining
+11%

Figures from a delivered engagement at a 340-key resort — see the project.

05Gastro Business Solutions

Four ways in.

Consulting. Talent. Pre-Opening. Performance. Pick the one that matches where the business actually is — each has a defined scope, a duration and a price.

07Service catalogue

Everything we do, and how it is paid for.

No retainer you cannot exit and no scope that quietly expands. Each line has a defined deliverable and a stated commercial model.

Hotel restaurant set for service

Consulting

F&B Consulting

Department-level diagnosis and rebuild across outlets, banqueting, breakfast and room service. Cost, productivity and payroll optimisation.

  • F&B department analysis
  • Outlet performance analysis
  • Banqueting operations
  • Breakfast operations
  • Room service optimisation
  • Payroll optimisation

Project fee

Fine dining room

Consulting

Restaurant Consulting

Concept, menu and operations for standalone restaurants and groups. From positioning through to the SOPs that hold the standard on a Saturday night.

  • Concept development
  • Menu creation and engineering
  • Recipe standardisation
  • Food and beverage cost
  • Purchasing
  • Kitchen organisation
  • Service standards
  • Profitability improvement

Project fee or monthly retainer

Resort at dusk

Pre-Opening

Pre-Opening

End-to-end delivery for a new hotel, resort, restaurant or café: concept, menu, kitchen, team, training, opening.

  • Concept and feasibility
  • Brand strategy
  • Kitchen and equipment
  • Menu development
  • Recruitment
  • Training and SOPs
  • Soft and grand opening

Project fee

Chef at a kitchen station

Talent

Executive Search

Confidential search for Executive Chef, Culinary Director, F&B Director and General Manager appointments. Mapped, approached, assessed and placed.

  • Confidential market mapping
  • Discreet approach
  • Full assessment and trade test
  • Reference and credential verification
  • Offer and notice management
  • Replacement guarantee

15–25% of annual salary

Kitchen line during service

Talent

Permanent Recruitment

Kitchen and front-of-house appointments from a verified pool, with credentials confirmed before the shortlist reaches you.

  • Verified candidate pool
  • Assessed shortlist
  • Trade test coordination
  • Reference checking
  • Onboarding support

Placement fee

Brigade plating during service

Talent

Temporary & Seasonal Staffing

Brigades for a season, a project or a crisis. Seasonal resorts, pre-opening teams and emergency cover when a section walks out in July.

  • Seasonal brigades
  • Project staffing
  • Emergency cover
  • Compliance and payroll handled

Margin per hour, day or head

Kitchen brigade at work

Training

Training

Technical and service training built around observable standards and a supervisor taught to hold them after the trainer leaves.

  • Culinary technique
  • Service standards
  • Supervisory development
  • Food safety and HACCP
  • Cost awareness for chefs

Day rate or programme fee

Dessert being finished

Consulting

Menu Development

Menus written for the brigade, the equipment and the margin you actually have — then costed, yield-tested and rolled out in stages.

  • Concept-led menu writing
  • Costing and yield testing
  • Recipe specification
  • Staged rollout and training
  • Menu engineering review

Project fee

Commercial model

How each service is charged.

GastroNetworks services and their revenue models
ServiceRevenue model
F&B ConsultingProject fee
Restaurant ConsultingProject fee or monthly retainer
Pre-OpeningProject fee
Executive Search15–25% of annual salary
Permanent RecruitmentPlacement fee
Temporary StaffingMargin per hour or day
Seasonal StaffingMargin per head
TrainingDay rate or programme fee
Menu DevelopmentProject fee